Through out the study I have learnt how to create a blog, share content (On google +)
Problem solving (e.g. candle problem etc)
At school I let the students use Toondo, Popplet, Google Sketchup etc to create cartoons, drawings, stories about certain subjects like budget etc.
Some Google apps I use are Google Calendar, Google Keep and Trello. For example when I make some promises to my students like when they will get their grades etc, Google Calendar gives me a reminder and lets me keep track of certain activities. So it makes it easy, effective and efficient.
So it seems I am an Auditory learner!
If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing and listening. You understand and remember things you have heard. You store information by the way it sounds, and you have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones. You often learn by reading out loud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to know it. As an auditory learner, you probably hum or talk to yourself or others if you become bored. People may think you are not paying attention, even though you may be hearing and understanding everything being said.
Here are some things that auditory learners like you can do to learn better.
Sit where you can hear. Have your hearing checked on a regular basis. Use flashcards to learn new words; read them out loud. Read stories, assignments, or directions out loud. Record yourself spelling words and then listen to the recording. Have test questions read to you out loud. Study new material by reading it out loud.
Remember that you need to hear things, not just see things, in order to learn well.
Personalized Learning
Each student has his/her own phase of learning. I tried to change the learning environment at school, by letting the students sit in groups and each group has a laptop. I used Kahoot to explain some terms with regard to "budget", which was the subject I had to do with the students. Some groups chose a PowerPoint presentation, others made a cartoon to explain what a "budget" is,
21st Century Learning
An example of 21st century learning (an assignment) is here
Evidence of efficiency
I use Google Calendar to be more efficient in my performance as a teacher. It gives me reminders, helps me to keep track of certain activities, helps with my time management etc.
A Project we did was called " Encouraging English Elementary School".
Our goal was to develop methods, systems,
tools, services, products etc. in order to encourage learning, in this case
English, at a fun, educational, entertaining and easy way,. We came up with a
prototype which is a method where, by using karaoke, the pupils learned
new words and made sentences with these words.
The target groups were students of the 5th grade, because in Suriname teachers start teaching English at the 5th grade, so to pupils between 10 - 12 years.
As a teacher I started to use ICT's in my classroom and also encouraged students to do so.
For example, I had to explain some economical terms like "inflation", GDP etc so what I did was I made groups of three to four students. I asked each group to do some research, and explain it to me at the next lessen. The students came up with videos from Youtube, Khan Academy etc.
I noticed that the students are also very interesd in ICT, because previously students used only tradional methods for a presentation, but nowadays they use a lot of ICT's, One assignment they are doing now is to write a simple business plan and present it. Some students used a mixture of traditional tools and ICT's.
One group's business plan was about a child care center. This group created a play room and used ICT's to develop and present their business plan.
